The Race Begins for Mexico’s Next President
The president’s attention is devoted to lining up a successor, but several figures in the ruling party want the nomination.
MEXICO CITY – After a successful showing in gubernatorial elections in June, Mexico’s ruling MORENA party is turning its attention to the 2024 presidential elections. The question on everyone’s lips is who its nominee will be. A hint came one week after the June elections, when President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s party held a huge rally in Mexico state, where the governorship is up for grabs next year. The presidential electoral cycle for 2024 hasn’t officially begun, per rules set by the electoral commission, but all three main contenders for the next presidential...
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